Grantsville Mine

The Grantsville Mine is a silver, lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Nye county, Nevada at an elevation of 6,900 feet.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Grantsville Mine
Secondary: Alexander and Brooklyn
Secondary: Silver Palace
Secondary: Great Eastern.

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Tungsten

Location

State: Nevada
County: Nye
District: Union District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Cisilini, B.
Home Office: Ione
Years: 1951 -

Owner Name: Hogan Mines, Ltd.
Home Office: Vancouver
Years: 1970 -

Owner Name: Berryman, E. H.
Home Office: Gabbs
Years: 1951 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1863
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Shoshone Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Fluorite
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Production): BETWEEN 1945-1947, $50,000 WAS PRODUCED. BETWEEN 1939-1940, $100,000 WAS PRODUCED. MINE WAS ACTIVE 1863-1869, 1878-1891, EARLY 1900'S, 1920'S, 1939-1941, WWII, 1945-1947 (DUMPS WERE MILLED), 1949, 1954 (SILVER TAILINGS AND TUNGSTEN ORE), AND EXPLORATION WAS BEING DONE IN 1970.

Comment (Development): PROPERTY WAS FIRST CALLED THE GREAT EASTERN MINE. IN 1877 THE CLAIMS WERE RELOCATED BY P. LEFLER AND SOLD TO MANUEL SAN PEDRO AND OTHERS,WHO PATENTED THE CLAIMS AND FORMED THE ALEXANDER CO. A MILL WAS BUILT AND BEGAN OPERATING IN 1878 (40STAMPS BY 1880). IT WAS SOLD IN 1881 AND CHANGED HANDS MANY TIMES THEREAFTER.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF FIVE ADITS CONNECTED BY A VERTICAL SHAFT WITH THREE LEVELS, AN INCLINE SHAFT.

References

Reference (Deposit): KRAL, V.E., 1951, MIN. RES. OF NYE CO.: NBMG BULL 50, P. 201-203

Reference (Production): KRAL, 1951, P. 201-202.

Nevada Gold

Nevada has a total of 368 distinct gold districts. Of the of those, just 36 are major producers with production and/or reserves of over 1,000,000 ounces, 49 have production and/or reserves of over 100,000 ounces, with the rest having less than 100,000 ounces. Read more: Gold Districts of Nevada.